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Political scientist, geographer, environmental health specialist, and engineers join the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

The Institute broadens its diverse faculty roster with the addition of professors from the social and physical sciences.
Posted: 7/12/2012

Building the foundation for a great education

Green urban planner and instructor Walker Wells has been selected for the 2012 Pritzker Fellowship
Posted: 7/10/2012

IoES Professor and Department of Environmental Health Sciences Chair Richard Jackson recieves honor

Dr. Jackson has been elected for honorary membership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA).
Posted: 7/10/2012

UCLA study predicts mid-century warming for Los Angeles

Through complex equations and several data sets, UCLA researchers have programmed a supercomputer to predict the future of Los Angeles – the future temperature, that is.
Posted: 7/9/2012

As a heat wave rolls across U.S., scientists predict more to come

IoES Director Glen MacDonald and Center for Climate Change Solutions Director Paul Bunje are quoted in an LA Times article about high temperatures across the nation.
Posted: 7/2/2012

Institute of the Environment and Sustainability Newsletter

Summer 2012
Posted: 6/29/2012

Students team up with staff to green UCLA

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s Education for Sustainable Living Program tackles sustainability projects to make UCLA a greener place.
Posted: 6/28/2012

The future impact of global warming on Southern California

KNBC-TV News Conference with Paul Bunje, Executive Director, Center for Climate Change Solutions
Posted: 6/25/2012

Climate change is making L.A. hotter

Coverage of the new IoES study that predicts climate change will cause temperatures in the L.A. region to rise by an average of 4 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit by the middle of this century.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Mercury rising: Greater L.A. to heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century

A sophisticated new regional climate study was produced by UCLA with funding and support from the City of L.A., in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Study predicts more hot spells in Southern California

The L.A. Times reported on new, cutting-edge climate modeling research from the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/21/2012

Local vineyards and dirty beaches: Environmental students make an impact

The Environmental Science Practicum is a capstone experience in which seniors work together in small teams on an environmental problem representing a real life, multi-disciplinary, forward looking issue.
Posted: 6/14/2012

Finding the root of urban biogeography

International Innovation Magazine profiled California Center for Sustainable Communities Director Stephanie Pincetl's work on urban forests.
Posted: 6/13/2012

Pattern of extinction of the woolly mammoth in Beringia

Coverage of the new study published in journal Nature Communications on woolly mammoth extinction by IoES Director Glen MacDonald, UCLA researchers, and colleagues.
Posted: 6/12/2012

Woolly mammoth extinction has lessons for modern climate change

A team of scientists led by IoES Director Glen MacDonald mapped the woolly mammoth's pattern of extinction.
Posted: 6/12/2012

Environmental Science senior practicum offers hands-on experience in field

The Practicum is a culminating research experience for students pursuing a B.S. in Environmental Science.
Posted: 6/7/2012

Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was quoted in an Associated Press article about how cities along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts are dealing with coastal erosion resulting from global warming.
Posted: 6/5/2012

Compost crew Waste Watchers turn trash into fertilizer by properly disposing organic waste

Waste Watchers, a group of six students who compost campus waste, formed in fall through a course at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Posted: 6/1/2012

Los Angeles joins plastic bag ban

IoES Associate Director Mark Gold was interviewed on American Public Media's “Marketplace” about the L.A. City Council's vote to ban plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and eventually require stores to charge 10 cents for paper bags.
Posted: 5/29/2012

Professor Richard Jackson hosts PBS documentary ‘Designing Healthy Communities’

IoES and Department of Environmental Health Sciences' Dr. Richard Jackson serves as host of a four-part television series on urban planning and public health.
Posted: 5/29/2012

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